The track was built in 1940 and was located at the corner of Best St. & Masten Ave.

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Buffalo Civic Center - Buffalo, NY

(aka: Roesch Stadium, Jopp Stadium)

1/4-mile cinder oval (5/30/1940)

1/4 mile-paved oval (8/30/1940 - 7/30/1942 and 8/30/1945 - 8/22/1959)

The location was on Best Street and was built in 1935.

Jim Reed won a Nascar GN race on 7/19/1958 and the Buffalo Bills NFL team used to play there.

The site was later called the War Memorial and demolished in 1998.

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Buffalo Convention Center - Buffalo, NY

1/6-mile indoor oval (5/30/1942 - 5/10/1942)

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Burden Lake Speedway - Sand Lake, NY

1/4-mile dirt oval (1948 - 1956)

Pete Corey & Kenny Shoemaker both started their driving careers at Burden Lake and
Jimmy Bedell was a five time track champion.

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Cairo Fairgrounds - Cairo, NY

(aka: Cairo Fairgrounds Speedway, Cairo Speedway)

1/2-mile dirt oval (8/18/1974 - 9/22/1974)

The track was located at the Greene County Fairgrounds.

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Caledonia Speedway - Caledonia, NY

1/2-mile dirt oval (5/30/36 - 1942 and 5/5/46 - 1949)

The track was located at the Caledonia Fairgrounds.

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Cambridge Fairgrounds - Cambridge, NY

1/2-mile dirt oval (1929, 1932 - 5/30/1940 and 1942)

The track was located at the Cambridge Valley Fairgrounds on SR 372 and now is a private horse pasture.

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Camp Ma-Na-Cu - Parksville, NY

.076-mile paved oval (8/12/1984)

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Campville Fairgrounds - NY

1/2-mile dirt oval (unknown)

The track was located halfway between Endicott and Owego on Route 17C. Believed
to have run the AAA & Big Cars, and Sprint cars in the 30's and 40s.

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Canastota - NY

1/2-mile dirt oval (1930's)

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Canton Speedway - Canton, NY

(aka: Saint Lawrence Speedway)

1/4-mile dirt oval (1949 - 1957)

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Capital City Speedway - Albany, NY

1/4-mile dirt oval (8/7/1938 - 1939)

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Carmel Race Track - Carmel, NY

(aka: Putnam County Driving Park)

1/2-mile dirt oval (1929 - 1941)

The track was located 1/2 mile east of SR 52 on Fair Street at the Putnam County Fairgrounds.Originally
it was a harness horse track, now it is overgrown fields and wetlands.

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Carroll's Grove Speedway - Troy (Brunswick), NY

1/5-mile dirt oval (1949 - 6/25/1950)

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Cassadega - NY

Dirt road course (2002)

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Castle Hill Speedway - Bronx , NY

1/4-mile dirt oval (6/10/1938 - 10/10/1939)

1/4-mile paved oval (5/14/1940 - 10/17/1941)

The track was located at Layfayette and Havemeyer Ave. and was
promoted by Bill Heiserman.

The track was torn down in 1942 for construction of a defense project.

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Cedarhurst Speedway - Cedarhurst (Long Island), NY

1/4-mile paved oval (5/9/1938 - 9/20/1941)

Walter Stebbins was the promoter and held the first A.R.D.C. midget race 5/15/1940.

The site of this track would be near where Kennedy Int'l Airport is located.

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Coney Island Velodrome - Brooklyn, NY (Coney Island)

1/8-mile wood oval (1932 and 5/28/39 - 8/10/40)

The Velodrome was built for bicycle racing and had 45 degree banked corners.

Midgets and motorcycle races were held in 1932.

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Deer Park Speedway - Deer Park, LI

(aka: Deer Park Speedrome)

1/2-mile dirt oval (5/12/29 - 7/4/41)

1/4-mile dirt oval (8/10/41)

1/4-mile paved oval (July 1946 - 1948)

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Dover Dragstrip - Wingdale, NY

1/4-mile paved dragstrip (1965 - 1970)

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Freeport Speedway -Freeport, LI

(aka: Freeport Municipal Stadium)

1/5-mile dirt oval ( 4/8/34 - 6/20/34)

1/5-mile paved oval ( 5/4/35 - 1942 and 8/30/45 - 1974)

1/4-mile paved oval (1975 - 9/24/83)

Freeport's first promoter was Bill Heiserman.

The property is now the site of the Caldor's Department Store

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Fulton Airport - Fulton, NY

1/4-mile paved dragstrip (1955)

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Glen Aubrey Raceway - Glen Aubrey, NY

>(1951 - 1968)

The track was located State Route 26 in Glen Aubrey which was a little northwest of
Binghamton and for most of it's life it was a Friday night track which ran in conjunction to
Chemung from 1951-1955 under the Finger Lakes Racing Association.

In 1956 the track switched allegiances to the Southern Tier Stock Car Association
and ran that way until 1961 when it dropped the coupes and ran a form of Pure Stocks until it's
demise in 1968 due to horrible mismanagement.

It was not uncommon to have upwards of 150-200 cars in the one class during the mid
60's which included all forms of cars including Cadillacs, Hudson's, Lincolns and of course
Chevys and Fords.

Indy Car mechanic Lew Parks started his career there as a car owner for URC driver Bryant
Ingalls. The track ran a URC race in 1963 and 1964 and they were won by Ingalls in 1963 and Red Reigel in the Werglund Chevy in 1964. The
site is now a Trailer Park.

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Hemlock Fairgrounds - Hemlock, NY

1/2-mile dirt oval (1947 - 1953)

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Islip Speedway - Islip, LI

1/5-mile paved oval ( 8/2/47 - 9/8/84)

1/8-mile paved dragstrip (1961 - 1962)

Islip ran annual World Figure 8 Championship on ABC Wide World Of Sports and held NASCAR GN races on 7/15/64, 7/14/65, 7/16/66, 7/15/67 and 7/7/68

The property is now the site of a cookie factory

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Ithaca-Dryden Speedway - NY

1/2-mile dirt oval (1950's - 1970's)

The track was located on Route 13 between Ithaca and Dryden.

Ithaca-Dryden ran as a companion track to Skyline Raceway in Blodgett Mills.

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Maple Grove Speedway - Waterloo, NY

(aka: Waterloo Speedway, Seneca County Fair Speedway)

1/2-mile dirt oval (1921 - 1941, 1946 - 1971 and 1976 - 1977)

The track was located at the Seneca County Fairgrounds.

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Midstate Speedway - NY

1/2-mile dirt oval ( - 1972)

Midstate was a regular stop for a number of cars from both the Southern Tier and the
Capitol district.

The track was a big narrow 1/2-mile Fairgrounds track with a covered grandstand and
looked like a big paper clip.

The track hosted the first ever Syracuse qualifier that was won by Dick Hansen.

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Patterson Speedway - Patterson, NY

1/4-mile dirt oval (1950 - 1952)

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Penn Yan Fairgrounds - Penn Yan, NY

1/2-mile dirt oval (1918 - 1921)

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Polo Grounds - New York City, NY

1/4-mile dirt oval (1940 - 1942)

1/5-mile wood oval (6/5/48 and 6/8/48)

1/4-mile paved oval (8/28/58 - 9/12/59)

The Polo Grounds was located where the New York Giants baseball team used to play.

Races were ran on the warning track of the field while the track was a 1/4-mile dirt oval. The
6/5/48 race held 25,000 spectators in attendance for racing on the 1/5-mile wood oval built of aluminum and wood promoted by Alexis Thompson.

Ed Otto promoted racing during the 50's on the 1/4-mile paved oval that was built after the baseball team moved to San Francisco, CA.

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Tri-Cities Drag-way - Endicott, NY

1/4-mile paved dragstrip (1962 - 1969)

The drag strip was located on an airport.

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Twin Valley Raceway - Chenango Forks, NY

1/2-mile dirt oval (1970 - 1972)

The track was located just of Route 12 and closed over a dispute between the track owner and the lessee shut the track down.

Twin Valley was a big 1/2 mile dirt track and on ran both Fridays and Sundays.